Dance Of The Dead
An innocent young woman is lured to the dark side, and discovers the
wholesome, sheltered life she led before was rooted in betrayal and deceit
in Tobe Hooper's installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series, Dance
of the Dead. In the not-so-distant future, a potent terrorist weapon called
"Bliss" has destroyed America's major cities. Peggy (Jessica Lowndes) lives
in a small town outside the corrupted metropolis of Muskeet, where she
helps her mother, Celia (Lucie Guest), run a diner. Business is slow, but
Celia says their father left some money for them when he died. The terrorist
wars also claimed Peggy's older sister. Jak (Jonathan Tucker, from the
Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake) and his buddy Boxx (Ryan McDonald)
do what they can to get by. They've forcibly taken blood from an elderly
couple, with plans to transport it to the city, where the MC (Robert Englund)
at the Doom Room waits to use it for some nefarious purpose. They stop in
the diner to get some ice. Celia can tell they're from Muskeet, and is
immediately on her guard, but Peggy is intrigued, and strikes up a
conversation with Jak. Jak tells her, "You are something I haven't seen in a
long time," and invites her to "see the world" with him. Later that night, she
sneaks out of the house and goes back to the diner, where Jak picks her
up, as planned, and they head into town. "I'm not gonna let anything happen
to you," Jak assures her, "except what you want." Dance of the Dead was
scripted by Richard Christian Matheson, adapted from a short story by his
father, Richard Matheson. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
Running Time: 60 mins
Director(s):Tobe Hooper
Writer(s):Richard Christian Matheson
MPAA Rating: NR
An innocent young woman is lured to the dark side, and discovers the
wholesome, sheltered life she led before was rooted in betrayal and deceit
in Tobe Hooper's installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series, Dance
of the Dead. In the not-so-distant future, a potent terrorist weapon called
"Bliss" has destroyed America's major cities. Peggy (Jessica Lowndes) lives
in a small town outside the corrupted metropolis of Muskeet, where she
helps her mother, Celia (Lucie Guest), run a diner. Business is slow, but
Celia says their father left some money for them when he died. The terrorist
wars also claimed Peggy's older sister. Jak (Jonathan Tucker, from the
Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake) and his buddy Boxx (Ryan McDonald)
do what they can to get by. They've forcibly taken blood from an elderly
couple, with plans to transport it to the city, where the MC (Robert Englund)
at the Doom Room waits to use it for some nefarious purpose. They stop in
the diner to get some ice. Celia can tell they're from Muskeet, and is
immediately on her guard, but Peggy is intrigued, and strikes up a
conversation with Jak. Jak tells her, "You are something I haven't seen in a
long time," and invites her to "see the world" with him. Later that night, she
sneaks out of the house and goes back to the diner, where Jak picks her
up, as planned, and they head into town. "I'm not gonna let anything happen
to you," Jak assures her, "except what you want." Dance of the Dead was
scripted by Richard Christian Matheson, adapted from a short story by his
father, Richard Matheson. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
Running Time: 60 mins
Director(s):Tobe Hooper
Writer(s):Richard Christian Matheson
MPAA Rating: NR